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Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of many of the major breakthroughs in cancer over the past 100 years. Our work on the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of cancer has saved millions of lives across the world.

Thanks to advances in cancer research and improvements in cancer care, survival rates have improved for nearly all of the most common cancers, and the overall death rate for cancer has fallen by 9% in the past ten years.

But we can't be complacent - there is still much to do if we are to achieve our aim of beating cancer.

Find out more about cancer survival rates using the links below.

Press Release: Teenage and young adult cancer deaths almost halved in last 30 years but success masks lack of access to clinical trials
25 March 2013
Press Release: More than 33,000 childhood cancer survivors living in the UK
14 November 2012
News story: Boost in childhood cancer survival rates 'due to clinical trials'
18 July 2012
News story: Longer cancer survival means nearly half of cancer patients die from other diseases
3 April 2012
Press Release: More than five thousand children saved since 70s thanks to better cancer treatment
14 November 2011
News story: Report shows early diagnosis key to improving pancreatic cancer survival
7 September 2011
Press Release: Deprivation leads to over 2,600 deaths a year
17 June 2011
News story: Cancer survivorship 'varies by sexual orientation'
9 May 2011
Press Release: Late breast cancer diagnosis in elderly leads to poor survival
16 February 2011
News story: UK survival for major cancers improves, but still lags behind other countries
22 December 2010

Press Release: Improved treatments for chronic myeloid leukaemia have dramatically increased survival
12 December 2012
Press Release: Differences in treatment for advanced ovarian cancer could explain why UK survival lags behind other countries
3 October 2012
News story: Multidisciplinary teams improve survival rates
18 June 2012
News story: Longer survival times for people with cancer
22 November 2011
Press Release: Poor people more likely to view cancer as fatal
6 October 2011
Press Release: Cancer rates rise in middle-aged
18 July 2011
Press Release: Poorer women less likely to survive breast cancer
9 June 2011
Press Release: Ovarian cancer survival doubles in 30 years
9 March 2011
News story: New cancer strategy focuses on earlier diagnosis and improved access to treatment
12 January 2011
Press Release: Deaths from cancer in children fall by almost 60 per cent since the '60s
12 November 2010

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Updated: 17 September 2009

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